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Michele Simone Sensei and I just recorded a conversation about her upcoming self defense and street effective aikido seminar. Michele Sensei speaks about her self defense training, what we’ll be doing at the seminar and some basic self defense tips.
I had a really good time speaking with Michele Sensei and I hope you have a good time listening to our conversation.
Sydney’s been a student of mine for about 8 years now, since she was 12. Sydney is absolutely delightful. Everyone at the dojo adores her. On the mat, Sydney has tons of fun and her aikido is extremely effective. She’s as fast as greased lightening.
Here’s Sydney’s story about when someone came at her with a knife. That was a mistake!
A lot of people say that aikido is not martially effective. I’m reminded of something Hiroshi Ikeda Shihan says about that. Ikeda Shihan says that the question is not whether aikido is effective. The question is whether *your* aikido is effective. Ikeda Shihan’s is and Sydney’s is, at least it was on that night. That’s what matters.
Practice for your art to be effective and it will be. Practice otherwise and you’ll get something else. At Aikido’Ka, we practice martially effective aikido in a safe, fun, friendly atmosphere.
And I’m so, so happy that Sydney is safe.
The video is 2:30.
This video is from 2010, but it’s still pretty cool. A beginner in aikido takes a gun from a thief. The technique he uses is kote gaeshi, translated as “wrist return.”
Use good sense: Do not attempt to take a weapon from someone unless you think you have to! If you can run away, then run away. This guy had good reason to think that if he didn’t take the gun, he was about to be shot.
How Safe is Your Child from Bullies?I am absolutely thrilled to announce About Bullies – the Aikido’Ka Anti-Bullying program. About Bullies is about one thing only: Helping you keep your child safe from bullies. We’re going to make this program as great as possible. So, we’re beginning with a 4 question survey to make sure that we’re going to provide you with what you need.
When you complete the survey, you will be in the first group to know when our free program is available. You’ll also save 50% off of our first premium program.
We could really use your help, so please click here to go to the About Bullies website!
Frank Sensei